Elsheikh — who had the nickname 'Beatle' — is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State group to ever be convicted in a U.S. Court, prosecutors said, per AP.
received a life sentence Friday for each of the eight counts that he was previously convicted of in his connection to a scheme that led to the death of American, British and Japanese nationals.
The hostages were subjected to "a prolonged pattern of physical and psychological violence against hostages that was meant as an effort to subdue the hostages," the DOJ said.
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